Consumers' Guide, Volume 5Consumers' Counsel of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1939 - Agriculture |
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Page 6 - ... the extent to which the advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which may result from the use of the commodity to which the advertisement relates under the conditions prescribed in said advertisement, or under such conditions as are customary or usual.
Page 6 - cosmetic" means (1) articles intended to be rubbed, poured, sprinkled, or sprayed on, introduced into, or otherwise applied to the human body or any part thereof for cleansing, beautifying, promoting attractiveness, or altering the appearance, and (2) articles intended for use as a component of any such articles ; except that such term shall not include soap. (J) The term "official compendium...
Page 12 - APHA code was first published in 1952 and was developed by the Committee on the Hygiene of Housing of the American Public Health Association organized in the 1930's under the chairmanship of Dr.
Page 22 - Act, including the nature of the charge and the disposition thereof. (b) The Secretary may also cause to be disseminated information, regarding food, drugs, devices, or cosmetics in situations involving, in the opinion of the Secretary, imminent danger to health or gross deception of the consumer.
Page 20 - The Secretary shall promulgate regulations providing for the listing of coal-tar colors which are harmless and suitable for use in food and for the certification of batches of such colors, with or without harmless diluents.
Page 6 - Caution — This product contains ingredients which may cause skin irritation on certain individuals and a preliminary test according to accompanying directions should first be made. This product must not be used for dyeing the eyelashes or eyebrows ; to do so may cause blindness.
Page 6 - 'false advertisement" means an advertisement, other than labeling, which is misleading in a material respect ; and in determining whether any advertisement is misleading, there shall be taken into account (among other things) not only representations made or suggested by statement, word. design, device, sound, or any combination thereof, but also the extent to which the advertisement fails to reveal facts material in the light of such representations or material with respect to consequences which...
Page 1 - Tom was literally rolling in wealth. He had besides the things before mentioned, twelve marbles, part of a jews'harp, a piece of blue bottle-glass to look through, a spool cannon, a key that wouldn't unlock anything, a fragment of chalk, a glass stopper of a decanter, a tin soldier, a couple of tadpoles, six firecrackers, a kitten with only one eye, a brass door-knob, a dog-collar — but no dog — the handle of a knife, four pieces of orange-peel, and a dilapidated old window-sash.
Page 9 - That certificates Issued by the authorized agents of the Department shall be received in all courts of the United States as prima facie evidence of the truth of the statements therein contained.
Page 2 - Weights and measures may be ranked among ' the necessaries of life, to every individual of human society. They enter into the economical arrangements and daily concerns of 'every family. They are necessary to every occupation of human industry; to the distribution and security of every species of property ; to every transaction of trade and commerce ; to the labors of the husbandman ; to the ingenuity of the artificer; to the studies of the philosopher ; to the researches of the antiquarian ; to...